Join us to learn how Dr. Ricia Anne Chansky crafted a large-scale oral history project on her campus to engage students in community-based research and healing in the aftermath of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. You will have the opportunity to hear from a student who participated in this project, Gabrielle Armstrong Velázquez. In this workshop, you’ll learn: 

• The benefits of oral history as an action-oriented research methodology that supports students and campus community members in times of collective trauma and tragedy 
• How to employ this technique in multiple disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, engineering, agriculture, and business 
• Approaches to adapting oral history-based projects for individual classrooms, departmental-level projects, cross-campus initiatives, and community partnerships 
• Possibilities for engaging students in community-partnered research projects employing elements of service learning and social justice 
• Strategies for encouraging students to participate in problem-solving and rebuilding their communities while resituating themselves and working to address collective trauma 

If you’re looking to help your students cope with the collective trauma of this year and push forward in meaningful ways, this training is for you. Instructors across disciplines will learn how to use oral history as a research methodology and as an approach to trauma-informed teaching during COVID-19.